After watching Blake Snell turn in one of the greatest individual pitching efforts in MLB history , facing the minimum through eight innings to keep the Milwaukee Brewers scoreless through eight dominant innings, Yoshinobu Yamamoto immediately broke his no-hitter on the very first play of Game 2 , allowing postseason star Jackson Chourio to go yards on pitch No. 1.

On paper, not the best way to start a game, but baseball is played on the field, not on paper, and after taking a second to compose himself, Yamamoto never looked back, completing eight innings with relative ease while only allowing two more hits and a walk for his troubles.

With all eyes on Dave Roberts, the skipper allowed Yamamoto to get back into the game for the ninth inning, likely after watching things get tense w

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